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IT'S JUST A GAME!

From plastic heads to silver blades - Sharp! Cutting into frozen water. Ice. Warrior's padded shoulder to foot. Narrow face bars & plastic shields. Tooth guards. Neoprene kit holders. These warriors do battle with angled, molded and laminated      curved sticks of all things. Six men charge. Another six men attack. They clash      as the black round disk      hurtles across the frozenness      of a white frozen floor covering      covered with strange      red and blue markings. Not unlike behemoths - Not unlike ballerinas - These men, these warriors wearing      various coloured shirts and leggings      intermingle, clash, cavort, and carry on      in sometimes a vain attempt to put      a small black rounded disk into a net! The red and white jersey team      mixes, skirmishes, and crushes      against their lesser foe      dressed in red, white, and blue. Tin whistles blast against the cold      blown by zebra striped men      almost unheard in the ice palace      while the crowd roars in frenetic delight. It's Daniel in the Den. Men sent into the sin bin and wait! Flags of nations wave. Waiting for the end. Waiting for the best. Waiting for the gold. It's awesome and magnificent. Tears in grown men's eyes. Music blares. Everyone at attention. A maple leaf above all. A nation is heard roaring from       thousands of miles away. We win. CANADA WINS! How proud we all are as the warriors      pack their bags, and head home awaiting      a nation's united response      to the best in the world.

Copyright © March 2002 arnie s WACHMAN

Additional Notes:
Kit - testicles Zebra - referee Sin bin - penalty box


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